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9 Days / 8
Nights China Tour To Beijing, Hohhot, Datong,
Beijing
Destinations:
Beijing,
Hohhot,
Datong
Tour Code: CNT_08
Departure: Daily
Tour Itinerary
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Arrival
of Beijing
Upon your arrival in
Beijing,
our professional tour guide will meet
you at airport. After claiming your
luggage, you will easily find our guide
holding a welcome sign with your name
on it. Transfer to your hotel. |
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02 |
Beijing
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Morning excursion to the Badaling Great
Wall. After lunch, visit the Ming Tombs
and Sacred Way. See the appearance of
the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium)
at a distance.
Badaling Great Wall: The
best preserved part of the Ming dynasty
(1368 - 1644) Great Wall.
Ming
Tombs: The mausoleums
of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
The mausoleums have been perfectly preserved.
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| Day
03 |
Beijing
- Hohhot
(Breakfast + Lunch)
Visit the Temple of Heaven and the pandas
in Beijing Zoo. After lunch, transfer
to the airport for flight to Hohhot.
Temple
of Heaven: An outstanding
representative of Chinese traditional
architecture for its clever design and
harmoneous colors. During the Ming and
Qing dynasties, the emperor came to
pray and thank gods for the harvests
every year. |
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04 |
Hohhot
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Drive to the
Gegentala Grassland. Gegentala means
"a place for spending summer"
in Mongolian, enjoy the beautiful scenery
of the grassland. Visit the herdsmen's
tent and enjoy the Singing and Dances
of Mongolian people. Stay tonight in
the tent of Mongolian people. |
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05 |
Hohhot
- Datong (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Drive back to Hohhot in the morning.
Visit the Tomb of Wang Zhaojun, the
Five Pagoda Temple and the Dazhao Temple.
Take soft seat train to Datong.
Tomb
of Wang Zhaojun: Wang Zhaojun was
a maid of honor in an imperial palace
of the Han Dynasty. In 33 B.C. Huhanxie
Chanyu, chief of the Xiongnus, proposed
ties of amity with the Han court through
marriage. When Zhaojun married Huhanxie,
she brought with her the rich culture
of the Central China Plain to the Xiongnu
people in the north.
Five
Pagoda Temple: The Pagoda is 16.5
meters high and looks like a Buddha's
Warrior Attendant's seat, with a base
under it and five exquisite pagodas
on the base. As more than 1560 relief
sculptures of Buddhas are engraved on
the five pagodas, the temple enjoys
the reputation of being "a 10000-Buddha
Tower".
Dazhao
Temple: Built in 1580 and expanded
in the early years of the Qing Dynasty,
the temple consists of a number of halls
and a nine-room building; it contains
many precious relics, including silver
Buddhist statues and lions cast in iron.
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Datong
- Beijing (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Visit the Huayan Monasteryand the Nine
Dragon Screen, the Yungang Grottoes
and Shanhua Monastery. Take the overnight
soft berth train to Beijing.
Huayan Monastery: The Monastery
is located in the southwestern part
of Datong. These splendid ancient buildings
were constructed of wood during the
Liao Dynast more than nine hundred years
ago.
Nine Dragon Screen: This glazed-brick
structure has nine dragons sculptured
in relief in five colors, the screen
is 45.5 meters long, 8 meters high,
and 2 meters thick. It was built more
than six hundred years ago.
Yungang
Grottoes: China's largest grottoes
and world-famous treasure-house of arts
and culture with 53 caves, with 51,000
carved statues and bas-reliefs.
Shanhua Monastery: First built in
A.D. 713-741 during the Tang Dynasty.
The entire monastery is a well-proportioned,
well-preserved complex. It contains
more than thirty Buddhist statues sculptured
during the Liao and Kin dynasties, the
most noteworthy being covered in gold
leaf. |
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07 |
Beijing
(Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
After breakfast at your hotel, tour
to the Forbidden City (the Imperial
Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the
Summer Palace. Enjoy the Beijing Duck
Dinner and the Peking Opera in the evening.
Forbidden
City: Used to be
the imperial palace of the Ming (1368
- 1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties.
Tiananmen
Square: Tian'anmen
was the front gate of the Imperial Palace
during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In front of the gate is the world's
largest open ground in the city - the
Tian'anmen Square.
Summer
Palace: A magnificent
imperial garden, the largest ancient
preserved garden in China and a former
summer resort for emperors.
Beijing
Duck Dinner: The
most delicious food Beijing has to offer.
Peking
Opera: The most
influential and representaive of all
operas in China and has a history of
about 200 years. |
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08 |
Departure
(Breakfast)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport
for your departure, end of service.
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Quotation and Hotel
Accommodation
Further discount availible for group number
more than 5 people. The private guided tour
is tailored for you exclusively. No other
participants will be in your group and you
will not take part into any tours of others
on land services.
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High Seasons:
April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November
Low Seasons:
December, January,
Febuary, March
Note:
The above price is
not valid during the public holidays:
1-7th May, 1-7th October and during
the first week of Chinese Lunar New
Year which takes place in late January
or early February. |
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Quotation Inclusions:
1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is based
on two persons sharing one twin
or double standard room with private
facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American
or Chinese breakfast at the hotel,
Chinese lunch and dinner in local
Chinese restaurant as specified
in the itinerary. B - Breakfast,
L - Lunch, D - Dinner.
3. Private Transport
Private transport
between airport or railway station
and hotel and all the sights by
air-conditioned vehicle.
4. Transportation
between Cities
The economic class
air tickets of the domestic flight
or soft berth/seat train tickets
between cities as specified in the
itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance
tickets for the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
Excellent tour
Guiding. All normal sightseeing
tours in each city with English-speaking
guide and admission fees where applicable.
Our guide will not fly with you
from one city to another. Upon your
arrival at each city, a new local
guide and driver will pick you up,
be with you for local tour and see
you off after you finish the itinerary
of each city. If your tour includes
Yangtse River cruise, the cruise
shore excursion is in-group assigned
by the cruise company.
7. Insurance
China Life Tourist
Accident/Casualty Insurance. We
highly recommend that you purchase
full coverage travel insurance from
you country of origin.
8. Tibet Travel
Permit application fee
The Tibet Travel
Permit application fee if your tour
covers Tibet.
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Quotation Exclusions:
1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining
your visa to enter China.
2. Charge of
arrival and departure
The international
or domestic air / train charge of
arrival and departure.
3. Single Room
Supplement
Should a twin room
is needed by a single guest, supplement
of the twin room will be charged.
What
is single supplement? -
The hotel is based on double occupancy.
If the visitor travels alone or
the number of the travelers is odd
(such as 3, 5, 7...), who stays
in one single room has to pay the
single room supplement. As the hotel
is on double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a personal
nature such as laundry, drinks,
fax, telephone call, optional activities
or sightseeing, overweight baggage
charges or meals not indicated,
ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs
which are not specified in the above
itinerary.
6. Tips to guides
and drivers
Suggested tips:
USD12-14 to tour guide per day,
USD 8-12 to driver per day, but
depending on their service, it's
up to you.
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How To Book The Above Tour?
Please email us and
let us know the information below:
1. Your full name as shown on your
passport.
2. Your passport number and nationality.
3. Your arrival / departure date
and flight number.
4. The hotel rate for your tour:
Luxury 5 star, standard 4 star or
comfortable 3 star hotel.
5. The number of persons in your
party that take this tour.
6. If you would like us to tailor
make a new tour for you that is
different from above tour, please
let us know your special requests.
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